402 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
About 402 Hatfield Road
402 Hatfield Road is a four-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL4 0DU). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £1,200,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 166 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (142 m² median across 36 EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,384,000 is 15.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£672/sq ft) was about 97.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Energy performance
402 Hatfield Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
3 applications on record at 402 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
- Mar 2001ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension, single storey rear and alterations to roof
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 5/2001/0119
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryMar 2010Decision
- Loft ConversionJul 2006Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 402 Hatfield Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£1,384,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 25 years.
£1,200,000
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
14 June 2022Most recent
£1,200,000
+170.9%over 20 years29 May 2002
£443,000
+77.2%over 1 year12 July 2000
£250,000
+70.6%over 2 years30 July 1997
£146,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 0DU: £1,265,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in AL4 0DU
338 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
Sold Nov 2024
£1,617,500322 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
Sold Jun 2024
£1,185,000364 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
Sold Mar 2024
£1,300,000386a, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
Sold Sept 2023
£957,500364a, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0DU
Sold Mar 2023
£1,265,000
Versus other Hatfield Road homes
402 Hatfield Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,229
Street avg £5,357
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Oakwood Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Beaumont School. 31 schools nearby.
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